Medtronic Vascular, Inc.

Other

Medtronic Ave, Inc.

Circulite Gmbh

Neograft Technologies, Inc.

480 Biomedical Inc.

Xeltis Ag

Yourbio Health, Inc.

Jerry Brightbill

Nareak Douk

Timothy Robinson

Nasser Rafiee

David S Brin

J Christopher Flaherty

Stephen C Evans

David A Rezac

Joseph Ting

Dennis L Brooks

Lorenzo Soletti

Jon McGrath

Robert C Farnan

Lee A Core

Bernard Bunner

Mohammed S El-Kurdi

Robert D Lashinski

Liem Vu

Rany Busold

James F Crittenden

Richard Stephen Wisdom

Jonathan O'Keefe

Kicherl Ho

Scott W James

Sarah Kostanski

Albert Harold Dunfee

Michael S Noone

Benedict Shia

Peter Strickler

Bruce Adams

Bryan Patrick Fritz

Richard Abraham

Steven Dapolito

Ping Gong

Arielle Drummond

My Le

Li Yang Chu

Barbara DeVaux

Timothy P Collins

Heng Mao

Ahmed Malek

Vincent James Barone

Inderpal Singh

Timothy Walter Robinson

A system for applying a fiber matrix on a tubular member is provided. A mandrel, configured for atraumatic placement within the tubular member, is included. Methods for atraumatic placement of a mandrel into a tubular member are also provided.

System and mandrel for creating graft devices

Delivery systems for a polymeric tubular implant, kits that include such delivery systems, and methods of treating patients by implanting tubular implants using the delivery systems. The delivery systems include an inner shaft, an expandable member slidably disposed about the inner shaft and configured to receive the tubular implant, and a tubular outer shaft disposed about the inner shaft.

Polymeric implant delivery system

A surgical cannula system. The surgical cannula system includes a cannula having a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen extending therebetween. A tissue attachment ring, being configured to be coupled to a biological tissue, includes a lumen extending therethrough. A locking mechanism has a first locking state, in which the cannula is configured to move with respect to the tissue attachment ring, and a second locking state, in which movement of the cannula with respect to the tissue attachment ring is resisted.

Cannula tips, tissue attachment rings, and methods of delivering and using the same

A reinforced catheter having a non-filamentous, seamless metal tube interposed between a polymeric hollow core and a polymeric outer jacket. The metal tube may have a pattern of apertures through which the hollow core and the polymeric outer jacket are adhered to each other. The invention also includes methods of making the reinforced catheter.

Reinforced catheter and methods of making

A sheath introducer is inserted through the skin and into a body lumen, e.g., the femoral artery, for a medical procedure. Upon completion of the medical procedure, the sheath introducer is partially withdrawn from the body lumen so that at least one through-wall hole in a body region of the sheath introducer is positioned outside the body lumen, but under the skin. An opening in a distal end tip of the sheath introducer is sealed so that no blood is flowing into the sheath introducer the after sheath introducer is partially withdrawn. A surgical sealant is injected into the sheath introducer and flows out of the at least one through-wall hole and surrounds the access site. After injection of the surgical sealant, the sheath introducer is removed. The surgical sealant seals the puncture and minimizes any blood flow from the body lumen through the puncture.

Vascular sealant delivery device and sheath introducer and method

The present invention avoids a patient receiving a double dose of a therapeutic agent when a coated stent is overlapped with another coated stent within a vessel. A stent having a therapeutic coating on a portion of the stent is delivered within a vessel such that the portion of the stent not having a therapeutic coating is inserted within or overlaps a second coated stent. A radiopaque marker on the stent or delivery catheter guides positioning of the stent such that there is minimal or no overlap of the therapeutic coatings on the two stents.

Overlapping coated stents method

Overlapping coated stents

The present invention is a temporary intraluminal filter guidewire for use during interventional procedures, such as angioplasty or stent deployment. A braided filter is mounted near the distal end of a steerable guidewire, which guides a therapeutic catheter. An actuator rod slides over the guidewire and is removably connected to the filter. The rod controls relative displacement of the filter ends, causing transformation of the filter between a deployed configuration and a collapsed configuration. In several embodiments, the guidewire distal to the filter has a fixed tip length. Other embodiments of the invention include a mechanism for damping longitudinal movement between the distal and proximal ends of the filter.

Temporary intraluminal filter guidewire

The present invention is a distal protection device for use during a vascular treatment, such as angioplasty or atherectomy. A filter assembly located on the distal end of a delivery member is deployed distally of the vascular region to be treated to capture emboli released during and immediately after the procedure. The filter is then retracted to retain any captured emboli and then removed from the patient.

Distal protection device

The present invention is a collapsible blood filter for use during a vascular procedure, such as angioplasty or stent deployment. A filter made of braided filaments is located on the distal end of a delivery member, and the filter is deployed downstream of the vascular treatment site to capture emboli released during and immediately after the procedure. Optimal braid geometry of the filter ensures that captured emboli will be retained during collapse and removal of the filter following the procedure.

Collapsible blood filter with optimal braid geometry

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Newton, MA, United States of America

Jerry Brightbill